NEWS FILES
COMPILED BY CAROL SCHMIDT
100 YEARS AGO (1909)
May and Albert Moe joined the ranks of married folks in Stanwood. She worked at the Stanwood Hotel and he guided log booms up the slough for the Howard Mill. He was later to become the mayor, and bought a little white house for her, her heart's desire, at the edge of the city limits going to Camano, which still stands. Widowed, May lived in her little house to a ripe old age, welcoming old and new friends for cookies, then standing at the door when they left, waving until they were out of sight.
90 YEARS AGO (1919)
The Edlunds were a well-established family at Cedarhome where they raised their children, among them Gladys, who celebrated her fifth birthday this year.
80 YEARS AGO (1929)
The election for school consolidation went over well, but there were already 33 Union High Schools in the state, so a different name was sought. The new cheese factory owners ran a contest to name the facility, with $5 as first prize. Mrs. Holman opened a tourist house near the new Beacon Light north of town, completely remodeling the large house.
70 YEARS AGO (1939)
Baccalaureate was delivered to the senior class of 1939 in the auditorium Monday morning. Mrs. Lathrop was the principal of Warm Beach School. The Past Matron's Club of the Stanwood O.E.S. Chapter was organized.
60 YEARS AGO (1949)
Cliff Myron, pitching for the Twin City Legion ball team, achieved the goal of all pitchers— a no-hit, no-run ball game Twin City 2, Sedro Woolley, 0. Gilbertson Hardware celebrated its fifth year in business in the first block of downtown East Stanwood.
50 YEARS AGO (1959)
Karen Nesland was Stanwood's representative to Girls' State at Ellensburg. The Zion Lutheran Free Church pastor resigned his position from the church on the Brick Hill in East Stanwood.
40 YEARS AGO (1969)
Beginning this week, the Stanwood NEWS was published a day earlier than it had been for decades, delivered in the mail Wednesdays. The new Junior VFW Girls Unit of the Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars was established with 17 girls joining.
30 YEARS AGO (1979)
A flood control program for the Skagit River could protect Stanwood flatlands against a 50-year flood from the Skagit's south fork. John Lindell, commander of the VFW post in Stanwood, was named All- State Commander, and Frank Saltsman received the All-State Quartermaster Award.
20 YEARS AGO (1989)
Bruce Hackman was the new chaplain at JSH. Two cases of whooping cough were identified in schools. Linda Lewis was new manager of advertising at the NEWS. 1989 graduates had to paint over graffiti they sprayed on the SR 532 viaduct, to avoid criminal charges, while parents angrily said their kids were only following tradition.
10 YEARS AGO (1999)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spent two days studying flood hazards in and around Stanwood. Camano Plaza Market won an international Retailer of the Year Award. A professional office project was added to the Stanwood Camano Village. A Lake Goodwin woman offered new hope for MS patients.
